The Watkinsville City Council approved local resident Joe Walter as a part-time code enforcement officer. The 20-hour position will allow the city to begin ordering the removal of junk cars in yards and deal with lingering code problems.

Watkinsville will be home to a Jittery Joe's Coffee shop after a business license was granted at a Watkinsville City Council meeting on March 8 for a location at 27 Greensboro Highway, at the intersection with Main Street.